Media Releases

Join South West NRM with presenters Paul Storrs and Shane Brumby of the Rural Fire Service along with Bruce Alchin.
 

South West NRM in Charleville has recently been working closely with the University of Queensland to investigate new management approaches for parthenium weed

317 projects around the country will benefit from the first round of the Gillard Government’s Biodiversity Fund.

BIODIVERSITY FUND ROUND ONE  South West NRM Project

The southwest region has been working hard on capacity building to overcome increases in weeds; pests; erosion and fire risk due to the lengthy wet season again in 2012.

We thought you might have been interested in this YouTube video on managing Mitchell grass produced by us (Dept Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) and Desert Channel.  It is based on a field day held in  Barcaldine late last year.

The flood peak in the Darling River is currently entering the Menindee Lakes. Inflows of 64,000 megalitres per day (ML/d) have been recently calculated and inflows of over 50,000 ML/d day are expected to continue over the weekend before beginning to fall. Airspace in the lakes is being used to minimise the flood impact around the  Menindee township and downstream. Upstream at Wilcannia the river is falling slowly and no further rises are anticipated for this event.

Given the brilliant seasons we have been experiencing in south west Queensland over the past three years, it comes as no surprise that there is quite the body of feed accumulated within the region